The key paragraph in your link is:

A senior Georgian security official says Russian jets have bombed Vaziani military airbase outside the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, Reuters reports.

“No one was wounded but some buildings have been destroyed,” Kakha Lamaia told Reuters. The airbase is about 15 miles from Tbilisi.

This was the same base where exercise Immediate Response 2008 was held. I wouldn’t infer too much as the damage isn’t being reported as heavy, but it gives one a clue to Russian intentions and capability. What they want to do and can do. My guess is that to this point, they are fighting with wet noodles. That’s a good sign. And as to the Russians stories of ethnic cleansing, there may be intended irony in echoing the complaints of Kosovo.